Ethnic tensions erupt in Ełk, Poland

A 21 year old Pole, Daniel, was killed in Ełk in front of a kebab restaurant. A citizen of Tunisia has been arrested and charged with murder. There are unconfirmed reports that Daniel tried stealing drinks from the restaurant and that after he was forced to return them came back and threw a firecracker inside which led to the deadly confrontation on the street.

Some people wanted to leave candles in front of the restaurant but there were also more... aggressive protestors who began throwing stones and broke the windows of the establishment.

28 people have been detained by the police and the minister for internal affairs has stated that the murderer(s) of Daniel and those who destroyed private property will be punished.

Reading this I cannot see any racial agrevating circumstances, It looks like a thief got caught then returned with the intent of commiting arson , the worker tried to protect his business , sadly this ended with the death of daniel, looks like his friends were not happy and attacked the shop.

You can post Polish sources, but you're supposed to provide a translation or summarize it as obviously not all members here read Polish.

So far there doesn't appear to be much about it in mainstream coverage, but I did find a reporting by rt.com which doesn't mention the theft, but does mention the firework.

rt.com/news/372463-polish-kebab-killing-riot

No one deserves to be killed for petty theft...

If the reports are true, then throwing a firework into someone's business premises is not just theft. That could be classified as attempted arson.

No, he didn't deserve to be stabbed to death, it is a an awful outcome, but undoubtedly this will now fuel racial tensions even more. Would the ensuing riots have occurred had that business been a Polish run one? Probably not.

They should have called the police after the first incident and everything would be completed without major consequences. Thus, a Pole is dead, the one who murdered him is going away for long years to prison, and all the Arabs will be under constant pressure and it's difficult that they may have a life anymore in this small town ... they only had to call the police and not react to provocations with a knife to the neck.

I expect that, unlike Western Europe, Muslims may anticipate very real repercussions.

There has been unrest before in cases when young people have been killed by the police, so.... maybe?

Yes, but this incident doesn't involve a police killing. Obviously I can't say for sure, but racial tensions are high anyway. Go to the end of the rt.com article and read about the attack on the Indian run kebab shop in Lublin.

what you mean is the _foreign_ media.

Yes

They should have called the police after the first incident and everything would be completed without major consequences.

Yes, I agree. No-one should be taking the law into their own hands, what the attacker/s did was very clearly wrong. I am just trying to look at the situation objectively. That young man most certainly did not deserve to be stabbed to death, it is a tragedy, but he was not entirely blameless either.

Crnogorac3 +1 Allegedly Daniel tried to steal drinks was chased off,returned and lauched a firework at the kiosk. The four workers at the kiosk did not inform the Police or the Straz,decided to take the law into their own hands,chased Daniel down and stabbed him to his death in the street.The moment the kebab workers armed themselves with knives and left thier place of work to teach Daniel a lesson, they broke the law. The Police and straz exist to guard the city and make sure citizens uphold the law. There is no justification for taking another's life, all four kebab workers need to be prosecuted for murder or accessory to murder. There can be no separate law for people because of immigrant status or because of religion. A precedence must be set otherwise you are telling everyone who work at fast food joints they have the right to kill their clients if they disrespect them.

Ironside ' However you might as well ask - was he likely to be stabbed if people involved weren't Muslim.? Probably not.' You could also ask if Daniel had been muslim and spoke Arabic - would he be alive today ? In my opinion the Polish judicial system must prosecute the alleged perpetrators of Daniels murder to the full letter of the law, irrespective of the perpetrator's ethnicity/religion/legal status. Furthermore this case in my opinion shows the need for all workers in the fast food industry to be certified to deal with the general public, the workers need to be trained in cultural competence.This case could be a very important case for the EU which could save lives in the future.

What is even more shocking in this story is the behaviour of the crowd after the incident.

- I saw a mob in front of the bar who applauded the hooligans throwing stones at the windows. The bigger the stone was, the greater was the crowd's applaud - says Bogusław Chrabota, editor of the national paper Rzeczpospolita. - It was the first time in my life I witnessed the birth of a pogrom - he added.

Despite calls from the police, 150 out of about 300 people continued to remain in the place, so police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.

Ziemowit ' What is even more shocking in this story is the behaviour of the crowd after the incident.' What is the most shocking part for me some people do not seem to understand 21 year old Daniel is dead... What about his family his girlfriend/friends people who have grown up with him,his community ? They must be feeling a grave loss today.

I find the above more shocking, a typical libtard remark intended to flame and distract from the facts of the case, this needs to be investigated by the proper authorities before any conclusions are drawn.

sorry, but how else would you call it?the suspected guy was already arrested, the mob didn't do it- police did.mob instead attacked the place where the guy worked, ruining other people business (as the arrested did not own the place).how do you think, what would happen if there would have happen to someone who would have a (bad) luck to be there at that time and have a darker skin color? would he be ok or would he be lynched for things that someone else has done?

chavy "patriots" can- and already do- ruin business of people who have nothing to do with the crime just because they happened to be darkies. like- ruining the restaurant owned by Hindi guy, and spraying "f*ck islam" on the walls. or spraying similar texts on historical, Tatar mosque.

you might as well ask - was he likely to be stabbed if people involved weren't Muslim.? Probably not.

Maybe, maybe not, had the business owner been any other nationality/religion, and thought his business, and possibly his life was under attack, which is not that unreasonable a thought if a firework gets lobbed onto your premises, who knows what anyone might do? But as I stated before, they should have called the police, not taken the law into their own hands.

this needs to be investigated by the proper authorities before any conclusions are drawn.

One of the most sensible answers on this thread. All anyone is doing here is speculating on events which are being reported differently depending on the source.

What is the most shocking part for me some people do not seem to understand 21 year old Daniel is dead...

So you think a mob applauding the hooligans throwing stones and fighting the police isn't shocking?

What about his family his girlfriend/friends people who have grown up with him, his community ?

It seems the community had serious problems with him before that. The 21-year old was summoned to the prosecutor's office four times and in 2016 he was prosecuted for robbery and issuing threats to people - the public prosecutor reveals.

RR, you are discriminating against Daniel who was murdered, he is the victim. So in your world because he was brought before the courts and never charged- he deserved to die. Any business owner dealing with the general public have a responsibility to train their staff in cultural and safety compliance, through the actions of the Kebab workers, either they did not know the safety protocols or there was no safety protocols in place or they took the law into their own hands.

Daniel was murdered. The crowd acted irrationally and wrong but I am glad they did. This will make muslim scum to think twice before coming to my country.

so far- he was the scum who got killed. people react only because the suspects' religion- if that Sebix would be knifed by a fellow chav nobody would care, there would be no topic on PF nor the mob would gather. simple as that.